Research guides: Ethics, Society and Law: Encyclopedias

Online Encyclopedias

Ethics by John K. Roth
Publication Date: 2016
Includes articles on such topics as Iraq, Islam, globalization and campaign finance reform.
The Oxford Handbook of Practical Ethics by Hugh LaFollette (Editor)
Publication Date: 2005
The Oxford Handbook of Practical Ethics is a lively and authoritative guide to current thought about ethical issues in all areas of human activity--personal, medical, sexual, social, political, judicial, and international, from the natural world to the world of business.
The Ashgate Research Companion to Ethics and International Relations by Patrick Hayden (Editor)
Call Number: Online; Also in print (check catalogue record for locations and call numbers)
ISBN: 9781315612935
Publication Date: 2016 (Online); 2009 (Print)
This indispensable research companion widens the perspective from 'ethics and international relations' to 'ethics in international relations', redressing the (mis)perception that ethical concepts, principles, norms and rules are not in part constitutive of the international system and the agents acting within that system. Necessarily cross-disciplinary, expertise is drawn from IR and also philosophy, political theory, religious studies, history and law.

The following list of encyclopedias may be useful for background reading on a particular topic.

Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics by Ruth Chadwick (Editor-In-Chief); Dan Callahan (Editor); Peter Singer (Editor)
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Call Number: BJ63 .E44 2012 (Trinity Reference)
Publication Date: 2012
The Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics, Second Edition addresses both the physiological and the psychological aspects of human behaviour.
International Ethics by Mervyn Frost (Editor)
Call Number: JZ1306 .I56 2011 (Trinity Reference)
Publication Date: 2011
The SAGE Library of International Relations brings together the most influential and field-defining articles, both classical and contemporary, in a number of key areas of research and inquiry in International Relations.
Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Borchert, Donald M., ed.
Call Number: B51 .E53 2006 (Trinity Reference), and other locations
Publication Date: 2006
Lauded for its clear and accessible presentation of wide-ranging philosophical subjects, the Encyclopedia has earned its place as a first-stop resource for general readers, students and educators.